Entertainment

The Rifflandia Festival is set for Sept. 13-15 on the Matullia Lands in Rock Bay, where nighttime events at the multi-day music festival were held in 2023.

Events: Organ Crawl on Saturday, April 20; Maritime Museum event on Thursday, April 18; Rock and alpine garden sale in Sidney on Sunday, April 21

Big Sugar would go on to have bigger records and hotter singles during their career, but Five Hundred Pounds remains the band’s most beloved artistic endeavour.

Canadian College of Performing Arts to get creative for its upcoming production of the East Coast classic, which spans eight performances at the McPherson Playhouse starting Friday.

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his favourite upcoming events, including Ice Cube at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Tuesday, April 23.

Grammy Award nominees Black Pumas, British neo-funk favourites Jungle, acclaimed Los Angeles rapper Earl Sweatshirt, and pop star Noah Cyrus highlight the Phillips Backyard line-up, which was announced Tuesday.

Season 2 of the award-winning series captures real life heroics in the backcountry.

John Fogerty, 78, will perform Aug. 23 at Save-on Foods Memorial Centre with opening act Hearty Har, fronted by his sons, Shane and Tyler Fogerty.

Eleven authors from the Vancouver Island area up for BC and Yukon Book Prizes, including Darrel J. McLeod of Sooke and Chelsea Wakelyn of Nanaimo.

Upcoming events: Container garden workshop on April 13; walking tour; Earth Day on April 14; Earth Day events on April 17 and now until April 30.